Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person).

synonyms: delegate, depute, designate.

Roget 784: deliver, hand, pass, put into the hands of; hand over, make over, deliver over, pass over, turn over; assign dower.    present, give away, dispense, dispose of; give out, deal out, dole out, mete out, fork out, squeeze out.    pay etc. 807; render, impart, communicate.    concede, cede, yield, part with, shed, cast; spend etc. 809.    give, bestow, confer, grant, accord, award, assign.    intrust, consign, vest in.    make a present; allow, contribute, subscribe, furnish its quota.    invest, endow, settle upon; bequeath, leave, devise.    furnish, supply, help; administer to; afford, spare; accommodate with, indulge with, favor with; shower down upon; lavish, pour on, thrust upon.    tip, bribe; tickle the palm, grease the palm; offer etc. 763; sacrifice, immolate.    ... show more

Roget 926: be the duty of; be incumbent etc. adj.. on, be responsible etc. adj.; behoove, become, befit, beseem; belong to, pertain to; fall to one's lot; devolve on; lie upon, lie on one's head, lie at one's door; rest with, rest on the shoulders of.    take upon oneself etc. (promise) 768; be bound to, become bound to, be sponsor for, become sponsor for; incur a responsibility etc. n.; be under an obligation, stand under an obligation, lie under an obligation; have to answer for, owe to it oneself.    impose a duty, etc. n.; enjoin, require, exact; bind, bind over; saddle with, prescribe, assign, call upon, look to, oblige.    enter upon a duty, perform a duty, observe a duty, fulfill a duty, discharge a duty, adhere to a duty, acquit oneself of a duty, satisfy a duty, enter upon an obligation, perform an obligation, observe an obligation, fulfill an obligation, discharge an obligation, adhere to an obligation, acquit oneself of an obligation, satisfy an obligation; act one's part, redeem one's pledge, do justice to, be at one's post; do duty; do one's duty etc. (be virtuous) 944.    be on one's good behavior, mind one's P's and Q's.    ... show more

Roget 783: transfer, convey; alienate, alien; assign; grant etc. (confer) 784; consign; make over, hand over; pass, hand, transmit, negotiate; hand down; exchange etc. (interchange) 148.    change hands, change hands from one to another; devolve, succeed; come into possession etc. (acquire) 775.    abalienate^†; disinherit; dispossess etc. 789; substitute etc. 147.    ... show more

Roget 755: commission, delegate, depute; consign, assign; charge; intrust, entrust; commit, commit to the hands of; authorize etc. (permit) 760.    put in commission, accredit, engage, hire, bespeak, appoint, name, nominate, return, ordain; install, induct, inaugurate, swear in, invest, crown; enroll, enlist; give power of attorney to.    employ, empower; set over, place over; send out.    be commissioned, be accredited; represent, stand for; stand in the stead of, stand in the place of, stand in the shoes of.    ... show more

Dutch: toewijzen, afvaardigen, delegeren, deputeren

Give out:
— We were assigned new uniforms.

synonyms: allot, portion.

Roget 786: apportion, divide; distribute, administer, dispense; billet, allot, detail, cast, share, mete; portion out, parcel out, dole out; deal, carve.    allocate, ration, ration out; assign; separate etc. 44.    partition, assign, appropriate, appoint.    come in for one's share etc. (participate) 778.    ... show more

Attribute or credit to.

synonyms: ascribe, attribute, impute.

Dutch: wijten, toerekenen, toeschrijven

Select something or someone for a specific purpose:
— The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise.

synonyms: set apart, specify.

Dutch: aanduiden, aanwijzen

Attribute or give.

synonym: put.

Make undue claims to having.

synonym: arrogate.

Transfer one's right to.

Decide as to where something belongs in a scheme:
— The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class.

synonym: attribute.